Benzaquin v. Friendly Ice Cream Corp.

The plaintiff (Benzaquin) alleged that the negligence of the defendants (Friendly’s) was the cause of her injuries received from an entrance door which fell on her as she attempted to enter their premises. The trial judge denied Friendly’s motion for a directed verdict, filed at the close of Benzaquin’s case and renewed at the close of all the evidence, and, after trial, found in Benza-quin’s favor in the amount of $28,500. Friendly’s has filed this Mass. Dist./Mun. R. A. D. A, Rule 8C appeal. We reverse.

For the purpose of appeal, we treat the motion for a directed verdict as a motion for…